new "recommended applications" wiki page

[Mohammad Ghasemi]

so the wiki page would only contain a link for every category on the
alternativeto.net. with a query that sets the platform to xfce



On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>
wrote:

> one link for every category:
>
> for audio and music:
>  http://alternativeto.net/category/audio-and-music/?platform=xfce
> For back up software:
> http://alternativeto.net/category/backup-and-sync/?platform=xfce
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:11 PM, André Miranda <andreldm1989 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  No objections, but what should be done with the wiki list/page? Just a
>> link to alternativeto.net/?platform=xfce ?
>>
>>
>> On 07/21/2015 10:47 AM, Mohammad Ghasemi wrote:
>>
>>  Pros: The alternativeto.net also keeps softwares in their appropriate
>> categories. Some software should be in more than one category. e.g. mplayer
>> is both a music player and video player.
>>  I would only need to add appropriate links to website for each category.
>>
>>  Do you see any problem with my all this reform, guys/girls?
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>> <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>   I want to move the list to alternativeto.net This website has already
>>> done the job for us.
>>>  This makes it super easy to contribute to xfce software list and keeps
>>> it more updated. In addition the users can see more descriptive information
>>> about each software in better polished manner. We also would benefit from
>>> not only remarks from xfce user's but all other users.
>>>
>>>  contributers would only need to add xfce as a "custom platfrom" to the
>>> software they want to add to the list. And this process takes less than 10
>>> seconds. The process is much easier than editing the wiki page.
>>>
>>>  But there is a downside to it too. The list would be stored on a
>>> website other than xfce's. Which means... well you know better.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>>> <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     The page <https://wiki.xfce.org/recommendedapps>
>>>> https://wiki.xfce.org/recommendedapps does not help users choose
>>>> applications, very much.
>>>>
>>>> The description of most applications merely says "this app is
>>>> lightweight". Which is a redundant sentence, because the are meant to be
>>>> lightweight!
>>>>
>>>>  The format of the page also makes it hard for the user to compare and
>>>> choose applications.
>>>>
>>>>  I think the Use case for "recommended applications" wiki page should
>>>> be something like this:
>>>>  To help the users to find the lightest application in each category
>>>> that meets their needs.
>>>>
>>>>  To satisfy this use case we need one table for each category that has
>>>> the following fields: Name, Ram usage, Features, Website, Remarks
>>>>  The table should be sortable by field name. It should be sorted by Ram
>>>> usage by default.
>>>>
>>>>  Usage Scenario: the user visits the page. He/she wants to find the
>>>> lightest software in category x that has the features he wants. The User
>>>> chooses the category. He then sees a table sorted by ram usage that
>>>> contains a list of software in that category. He then reads the features
>>>> field of every software (starting from the top, lightests first) until he
>>>> finds the software that has all the features he wants. Then he read the
>>>> remarks (if existed). After that, he looks on Name field to  check  if the
>>>> software exists on his distro's repo or not. If it does not exist, then he
>>>> would look at website field to visit the website of the software.
>>>>
>>>>  That's it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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